Susanf31
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You are very wrong. Almost all divorce decrees require both parents permission to removed a child from the country.
Also, I"ve been on the Disney cruise. They will require a notarized document from the children's mother giving them permssion to sail.
Biodad certainly does need mom's permission for this trip.
If she says "no" and calls the Disney cruiseline and tells them that her child does NOT have permission to go on this trip, they will deny those kids boarding.
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Susanf31
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Yes, all Disney cruises leave the country.
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Susanf31
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No, you are very wrong.
Passports are not required for the countries Disney goes to. But a birth certificate is required. You will have to fill out immigration forms for the Bahamas, and depending on if you are going on the EAstern or Western itenrary, you will out immigration forms for those countries too.
Bahamas are not US owned. Their US Virgins Islands are US territiories, but you are still required to have a USA birth certificate to enter those waters. Same for Mexico, Cayman Islands, St. Marteen, and Jamaica.,,,which are not US territories.
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Susanf31
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I think any parent who would deprive their child of a great vacation is awful. But this is not about that. This is about joint custody situations and trying to take a child out of the country without the other parent's permission.
The verbage is standard in most divorce decrees that they children cannot be removed from the country without the other parent's permission.
The Disney cruise leaves USA waters about 90 minutes after it leaves port. It spends 3 to 7 days (dpending on the cruise) outside of the USA.
You dn't need a passport to go to Mexico, but you are still out of the USA.
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mommynurse
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Nursing school was a long, hard road. I suffered. My H suffered. The kids suffered. Poverty really sucks and I certainly hope I never have to eat another hot dog, ramen noodles, or spaghetti without meatballs again!
But, the sacrifice is paying off. We are a family that can now "do" instead of "dreaming about doing". It's a good place to be. She just wants to rain on my parade. But, trust me, she's not gonna bring me down. I have worked way to hard to get here.
Melanie, what was the first purchase you made after graduating? I've been out of school for about 5 months and haven't bought anything yet. Not even a new outfit! We still live in a trailer and I'm driving a mini-van that is on it's last legs. We were planning to build next year, but I went out house-hunting today and fell in love. Six bedrooms, 3 baths, and a full basement. It's gorgeous! Three years ago, it would have been the kind of house that I said, "Man, I would love to live there!". Now, I can actually afford to live in it. It still hasn't sunk in how a few years and hard work has made that big of a difference in my life.
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TGSM
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Congrats again! That must be such a great feeling!!!
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melaniemiller
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mommynurse,
We haven't made a really HUGE purchase yet because I can't start until July 4th. My fingerprints are taking a LOT longer than were supposed to because I had to answer "yes" to the question on our state's application about a misdeamor or felony. When I was waiting tables, I served alcohol to a minor and had to go to court. So my fingerprints and "record" have to be reviewed by the board and then they will clear me. Sigh. But that's okay...I've already figured out my first paycheck (I will be on orientation for 4 weeks....one week of mixed didatic/computer and clinical, followed by 3 weeks of four 12-hour clinical days) and it will be around $2000...that's almost as much as my hubbie brings home each month...LOL. We will actually be putting it towards the attorney's retainer (BM is in the process of suing us for a full reversal of custody). Up until now, my grandfather has been kind enough to put his money into the retainer account.
As for a house, well....in this area, a decent home now runs just under $400k. I'm getting sick and tired of seeing the home prices continue to skyrocket. We are now in the top 3 fastest rising home prices in the country! Real estate has increased 84% in the past 2 years here. We will be staying in our rental house (1700sq ft) until my grandfather's dogs pass away. At that time, he will be moving down to Huntington Beach with his girlfriend and signing over his house to us. It's a 5 bedroom, 3 1/2 bath, 3200sq ft home on 1/3 of an acre that is in the best part of our town. It's a gorgeous home that he just spent about $75k remodeling. It's worth approximately $600k and all we have to do is refinance at $320k and the home is ours.
BM will have a fit when she finds out where we will be moving to. She loves to make nasty comments about us "renters" and gloat about how she lives in a nice home in a good neighborhood and doesn't rent. Yeah, but she also doesn't even have her name on the title/mortgage. Her BF could kick her out at any time and she would have no place of her own. Do you know she actually said in mediation, "I should have the kids on their birthdays because I live in a bigger house". The mediator just stared blankly at her and then continued on with the negotiations...LOL. I couldn't believe she actually said that.
She's picked up the kids at my grandfather's place twice and both times made snide remarks about whose house it was and how did we know someone that had that much money, etc. When she finds out we will be moving there, it will definitely cause some nastiness on her part. I don't like having her rub into my face that we are not homeowners because I want more than anything to give my stepkids a place to grow up then that we can then leave them someday. It's about the only thing she can "lord" over us and she uses it to her full advantage.
We are thrilled and honored that my grandfather will be doing this. He loves my stepkids to death and thinks we are doing such a great job raising them (I think this is one reason he's helped out with the attorney..he doesn't want to see my hubbie lose his kids). He loves my H as well..in fact, considers him like the son he wishes he had (my uncle is kind of a loser). Otherwise, we would probably be screwed when it comes to a home because we can't afford more than about a $2500 mortgage and in this area, that would just barely buy us an acceptable house. We can't leave the state because it might cause my H to lose custody so we kind of stuck...LOL.
Good luck the house hunt...and I know how it feels to be broke, broke, broke while in school and then suddenly, you are making a pretty decent living!! It's nice to be able to afford to go out to dinner. We also just bought my stepson the BMX bike he's been wanting (it was almost $200). He's been so good and really deserved it. BM made some remark about how ridiculous it was to spend that much on a bike, but it will last him for years. My mountain bike was almost $600 but it's almost 10 years old and good as new. It's really nice not having to tell the kids "we can't afford it" and actually be able to buy them socks and underwear...LOL!!!!
Melanie = )
BTW, I love your signature line...I will keep that in mind next time I have to deal with BM. I do let her "get control" a bit too much!! :)
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